workers are not in the -- have not been seen. so right now we're trying to milk sure to make sure if they were here. >> the bodies have been taken to the state medical examiner's office for i.d. they are trying to determine what caused the fire. for passengers aboard the carnival voyage their ship or tug boats rather have finally come in. those passengers are being towed to san diego where they will disembark sometime tomorrow. eric for joey and stacey noriega their beautiful beech side wedding has been followed by a honeymoon of horror. the bride and groom and their guests have been stuck on carnival's splendor voyage. >> it smells like rotten food.

>> reporter: the good news for them and the rest of the 4500 passengers and crew they are no longer marooned off the mexican coast. >> we have a u. s. coast guard and mexican g on the other side. >> reporter: an engineroomm went out. >> we have 10,000 pounds of bread cups utensils. >> reporter: carnival ceo apologized to the passengers for what she called an unfortunate situation a challenging time and added we realize how much guests look forward to their vacations we know how disheartening it is to have their plans disrupted. coast guard officials say there have been no reports of illness

or injury. after an unexpected rocky start to their marriage they are keeping their fingers crossed. this is where the splendor will arrive sometime tomorrow night. passengers have been offered full refunds and even certificates for future cruises whether they use them is another matter. this is definitely a talker we want your opinion of the story we posted the story and asked you if carnival cruise line is doing enough to compensate those onboard the stranded cruise ship. one writes yes i believe they are offering enough kings i compensation. i if you'd like to share your thoughts head to the wmar facebook fan page and leave a

comment. it doesn't exactly make you want to hurry up and get on a cruise ship. even though it's been chilly out there weather has been pretty nice by the afternoon. we were in the low to mid-60s in many spots today. early sunset no doubt about that. sunset at 4:56 tonight. still got a little dusk light out there but the sun is down right now. 62 at the inner harbor. we've got 60 in annapolis and 61 in frederick right now. the storm is still swirling out there but won't affect us much the rest of the evening. 50s mostly clear. we'll talk much more about your veteran's day forecast a lot of parades tomorrow. details of that and the weekend straight ahead. kelly. thanks, wyatt. in anticipation of veteran's day baltimore county recognized veteran from all branches of the armed services in towson. since 2005. baltimore county executive jim smith has chosen the day before

the national holiday to hold such a service. with 5,000 marylanders currently serving in iraq and afghanistan. smith spoke of the debt we owe them and their families. >> we know these soldiers as mothers and fathers, sons and daughters friends and neighbors and husbands and wives. but they are so much more than that. they are individuals who have answered a higher call. >> the keynote speaker said it's a fitting veteran's day following the general election to remind us of the things that matter the most such as our freedom ongoing sacrifice they make to defend that freedom. ten men and women who serve our country received their u. s. citizenship today.

it was held aboard the uss constellation. a veteran from nigeria says how it felt to say pledge of allegiance as an american. >> i felt like especially when one of the officers say something about the veterans and stuff and paying respect to people military. i felt proud. i just wanted to cry. but i'm proud that i'm being recognized. >> and we're honoring the veterans in your life on our facebook fan page. we ask you to sends a picture of your vet tell us a little about them. linda sent this picture sergeant scott kirkpatrick he was assigned to the army's third infantry division. sergeant kirkpatrick died in iraq august 2007. we want you to know we're going to continue honoring your

veterans. up load a photo if you'd like with a simple description and we'll salute your loved ones on the air in every newscast tomorrow. or attach a picture and send it to pix at abc2news.com. also tomorrow during our 5:00 newscast abc2 news will be live at the apple bees at the east point mall we'll be serving meals to the veterans. wyatt will be doing that. we'll be bringing you live reports throughout the newscast. our soldiers know are taking a risk when they sign up to fight for their country. but a local family feels the serviceman they love lost his life because of military medical care. joce ser,am is here to explain why. >> reporter: sergeant john burner was a man dedicated to serving his country he's not a man who would back down from a fight. his family isn't backing down eats. they are asking the military tough care he was given overseas. he was buried in arlington

national cemetery joining the ranks of thousands of soldiers who paid the ultimate price but the 32-year-old did it isn't die in combat he died of a common medical conditions days after arriving in iraq for his fourth tour. it was a condition his family says wasn't died properly. he died from a pulmonary embolism. >> they always say the army takes care of their own, but they didn't. in this case they didn't. >> reporter: tonight at 11:00 we'll take you through sergeant burner's last days and tell you how many times he was seen by military medical staff and well talk exclusive with his widow who details the conversation she had with her husband moments before he died. joce sterman abc2 news investigators. thanks joce. it's country music's biggest night. you can catch all the star- studded action on abc2. the 44th annual country music

awards will be presented tonight. the entertainer of the year is the award to watch this year. now the 5 nominees are lady antebellum. miranda lambert. brad paisley keith urban and the zach brown bands. laura deyoung talked about her trip to nashville for the cmas and talked about heroin deduction into the country music hall of fame. >> i think i remember cal ripken talking about how you know i just get out there and go to work every day and i think that's what a lot of people do. unfortunately for a lot of people there's not a hall of fame. >> you can catch the entire awards ceremony right here on abc2 starting at 8:00 and of course followed by abc2 news at 11:00. now let's talk about the economy. a new study finds that african- american homebuyers and buyers low income neighborhoods actually pay higher rates on their fha loans. the study by communities united found in 2008 homebuyers in low

income neighborhoods were three times more likely than buyers in wealthier upper class neighborhoods to receive a high cost fha mortgage. african americans latinos were twice as likely as whites to buy a home with a mortgage. they are calling for an investigation. >> the next step really is, you know, hud and the department of justice investigating this information. you know, we're not saying why this is happening we're just saying this is happening, and you know, because there is such disparate it's potentially a huge problem. so the next step really is hud which oversees the fha program and department of justice launching a real study an investigation as to why this

this is happening. more bad news for homeowners as home values continue to drop. average home values are now down 25%, nearly a quarter of homes are worthless than their mortgages. foreclosures have reached unprecedented levels with 1.2 out of every 1,000 homeowners losing their homes to foreclosure in september. for the 15th year john hopkins children's center patients showed off the ties they design patients are asked to draw one of their favorite things and submit it for a chance to be a miracle tie designer. the ties are for sale and one hundred percent of the money raised goes to research and patient care at johns hopkins. if you'd like to tie into the miracle you can get your very own special tie at joe a. banks store. sell breaks at a queen anne county school took time to

honor our nation's veterans. students were responsible for putting it all together. all the big event turned out at 5:30. you know this cigarettes cause cancer, cigarettes cause heart disease. how the fda will be making sure smokers hear that message loud and clear. and a mystery in the sky. why defense officials say what people thought was a missile may have just been an optical illusion.

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. after two days the pentagon finally weighs in what was it that was captured on video by a los angeles news helicopter on monday. a missile or a plane? t. j. winick has the answer innings according to the pentagon this is a ufo no longer. they say the mystery object is in fact an airplane and as far

as they are concerned the case is closed. here's what military officials reported earlier. the faa's radar didn't detect anything nor did it monitor any missile activity in the nearby vandenburg afternoon had no planned rocket launches for more than 24 hours it was a mystery leaving scientists to speculate what it actually was. >> it seemed to change direction. ballistic missiles don't change directions. ballistic mumps go east to west this one seemed to be deport going north and south. >> reporter: norad was adamant this was no threat to the u. s. home land. all along most experts maintained it could not have been a secret government missile launch because it was so close to los angeles. t. j. winick abc2 news new

york. weather like this is going to make you real popular. >> yeah. we're on a streak here kelly. >> it's a good vehicle we're happy to report that it continues for veteran's day tomorrow and also into the weekend right now. so, looking great actually. >> excellent. another day no complaining. >> we as to enjoy it while we got it. let's take a look outside see if we see any renegade aerial objects. nothing on the horizon there kelly. glad to report that was on the west coast. that will make you look twice. hey 60 degrees right now bwi humidity 47%. winds light at 6. a lot of sunshine blue skies were certainly the story. had a few high thin clouds spin- off from a storm system that's still out there directly off ocean city by 500-miles. not affecting us too much. blue skies as we push toward that very early sunset these days. i'm telling you man it gets

dark awfully early out there right now. statewide very little wind right now. that certainly makes it feel a little milder we've got mid 50s to upper 50s through easton. baltimore dulles sitting at 60 degrees right now. acres town 59. let's zoom in show you some of the highs. frederick down through d. c. low to mid-60s. cambridge never got out of the 50s there. through the day tomorrow pictureesque perfect looking day for veteran's day activities. 61 east point. 62 kay donsville looking forward to being at apple bees there. satellite trend is clear across the state right now. we're going to continue to see clear weather holding up. it's interesting as you look further to the east and offshore, you can see the outer bands of a pretty sizable storm system barely grazing the

maryland coast. partly to mostly cloudy today from the outer reaches of that storm but nothing into the central or western part of the state. and other than that extremely quiet weather up and down the middle part of the east coast. dry weather, high pressure continuing to push in, and women steadily see this area of low pressure slide further south as we go into the day tomorrow. fur forecast get the last bit of that cloud cover out of here maybe just a little bit of partly cloudy skies toward ocean city. but most of the state is going to be under beautiful blue skies great looking weather again for veteran's day. friday first day of the weekend. more sunshine, another dry, sunny looking day. need the sunglasses all week and into the weekend. overnight 38, mostly clear it gets chilly out there late and then for our veteran's day 60 degrees mostly sunny, beautiful day, very seasonable weather, and just a little bit of a light breeze so it really does look fantastic. tomorrow night quiet and chilly down to 36 degrees mostly clear cool and dry.

let's show you the 7-day forecast. temperatures hovering at 60 or above here next couple of days right into the weekend. saturday maybe a bit warmer. next chance for rain holding off until early next week. kelly. >> all right thanks a lot wyatt. in tonight's health alert, a new push to get people to stop smoking. the government's anti-smoking campaign includes some very serious new warnings displayed on packs of cigarettes. john herndon has the details. >> reporter: the cautions could hardly be more stark. warning cigarettes cause cancer, cigarettes cause strokes and heart disease. and even more direct smoking can kill you. >> we want to make sure that every person who picks up a pack of cigarettes is going to know exactly what the risk is are taking. >> reporter: by this time in 2012 the fda will be putting those or messages on them on a cigarette pack near you. >> for the first time ever they will say that tobacco products are addictive, and

they will say in the bluntest of terms that tobacco can kill. >> reporter: look at these pictures. a smoker exhaling through a hole in his neck, a baby in agony, and here's an unambiguous message a toe tag those warnings will get equal billing with the brand names. >> every single packet of cigarettes in our country will in effect become a mini billboard that tells the truth about smoking. >> in the history of tobacco control today, this may go down as one of the single most important days. >> reporter: many smokers think crackdowns smack of big brother. cigarette companies said they would abide by the new label rules already in use in 37 other countries. it's all part of the federal government's plan to cut tobacco use from 20% now to 12% in 20/20. so in two years warning labels will go from this to something

a little more like this. john herndon abc news washington. if you take drugs to lower your cholesterol, the latest research finds you might pivot from even more of a good thing. they have confirmed previous findings that intensive treatment lowered levels of ldl or the bad cholesterol without any major site effects, but the patients who got intensive treatment had a 13% lower risk of heart attack, and a 16% lower risk of stroke compared to patients who got the standard doses. if your child has trouble reading, writing, spelling or being organized, they aren't alone. millions of americans are dyslexic and they are helping kids overcome this obstacle. where your young scholar can get help in tonight's take 5. just because he sits in a wheelchair doesn't meanie can't stand up to fight crime. the caught on tape incident you don't want to miss. 3q

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1967. the school educates more than 100 students with language disabilities in 1st through 12th grades. >> you want them to understand themselves and their learning disability, you want them secondly because most of the students come in here the self- esteem has been damaged you want them to feel good about themselves. >> reporter: the baltimore lab prides itself on hand on learning no textbooks. teachers want to create a sense of belonging so students will be enthusiastic about learning. >> small class sizes is very important for the students students. they really feel lining they have a strong safety net here. so they can get very comfortable and take risks and be ready to take risks which is very important for students to bring back their level of learning. >> reporter: the school also has speech pathologists and psychologists on hand to help the students. >> we go into the classes. we also see students sometimes in small groups, and we also will see some students one on

one, which is very beneficial to some kids to have that opportunity to work one-on-one. it all depends on the kid. that's what our school is about sort of individualized learning which works best for each child. >> reporter: the baltimore lab school helps students to become an expert in any given area. 11th graders can take advantage of an internship program allows students to work at different jobs in the area. >> try to get students help develop their own self-esteem. many of the students who have learning disabilities but having in experience in high school and placed with someone that is a good supervisor who understands their situation, these kids ends up developing great self-esteem. >> reporter: here are five tips for attending a school with language disability t. pick a school that promotes the joy of learning. second administrators should combine arts into the curriculum. third, finds a school that provides expert speech and

language occupational therapists. fourth find teachers who have specialized training and finally find a school that provides the curriculum that is geared toward tapping into the student to prepare them for the real world. series johnson abc2 news. honoring our veterans with poetry and song. we're taking you to one local school that is making sure they remember our veterans even though there is no school tomorrow. that's coming your way all new at 5:30.

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